empathiser: <user name=sways> (16)
Will "somebody help him" Graham ([personal profile] empathiser) wrote in [community profile] theairlock 2017-09-13 07:51 pm (UTC)

cw assisted suicide discussion continuing.....

[Ah. Yeah, he doesn't need to be a psychic or anything to figure out where this had ended up going.]

... This is where the morality argument comes into it - is it a kindness or a cruelty to keep people alive when they don't want to keep living and there's no chance of an improvement to their situation? If an animal is in pain and suffering with no relief and no quality of life, it's considered a kindness to put them to sleep. But when it comes to people, we're far more cautious and there are far more layers to the argument.

For good reason, sure. The potential for abuse if it were readily available is staggering.

[He watches her, steadily]

... Legally, it would be considered wrong. But morally, some people would say that was the right thing to do. What do you think?

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